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Dialogue Journaling Process Dialogue Journaling is a process for travel writing in tourism projects. It is inline with the United Nations UNWTO Agenda 2030 for stakeholder engagement. Dialogue Journaling was developed in 2022 for the textbook: Travel Writing for Tourism and City Branding .  Simply click on the image to view the free resources on Google Drive Free Resources to Download for Writers These free resources are to help you implement Dialogue Journaling into your teaching and into your destination development projects with stakeholders. The processual method is described in full in chapters 4 and 5 of the textbook linked below. This page shows the suggested layout of 3 folders for each of your writing projects. Within these folders keep your individual documents. The template is in MS OneNote and in Google Docs. Please click book cover to view on Amazon Travel Writing for Tourism and City Branding provides tourism students with a practice-based approach to producing resea...

AMSTERDAM This project was to design and deliver a Guided Walk in a new area of Amsterdam. The location chosen starts on Waterlooplein because it has a tram and bus link close to a major visitor site, the Stopera Opera House & Town Hall. The walk route uses my ellipse concept with six plateaux or points of interest. The route returns you to where you started from so that you can easily find public transport again. Share on Instagram as #spinozawalk  To Cite: Mansfield, C. (2019) Commentary Script for a Guided Walk in Amsterdam with 6 Stops from Stopera via Waterlooplein to Arcam and back on an Elliptical Tour. Amsterdam DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36556.16004  You can chose to follow the guided walk route in one of three ways: "Said, Led or Read".  A) Said - will use the 6 audio files shown in the Google Drive frame below on this web-page. They are numbered 1 to 6 to help you find the correct one at each stop, or plateau, as I call them. To avoid roaming charges on your 'ph...

Resources for Writers We are pleased to provided these resources for the Summer School of Good Stories: Literary, Film and Wine Tourism, organised by the University of Maribor, Faculty of Tourism in cooperation with 'The University of Zadar, Department of Applied Communication Studies, and held in Brežice, Slovenia. Please click button above to access the resources on Google Drive Blended Intensive Programme The Summer School is designed as a blended intensive programme (BIP) and focuses on storytelling as a key tool in contemporary tourism, with particular attention to literary, film and wine tourism. It brings together academic perspectives, practical workshops and field-based experiences, while encouraging international cooperation and co-creation. The physical part of the programme will take place at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Tourism in Brežice from 23 August to 29 August 2026. The virtual component will be held on 20th August and on 31 August 2026. Please click on ...

Conference on Literary & Film Tourism Groningen 2027  CALL FOR PAPERS : IV International Conference on Literary & Film Tourism University of Groningen, from 22nd to 24th March, 2027 [Submissions due by September 15th, 2026] Website: https://www.cett.es/es/congreso-internacional-en-turismo-literario-y-cinematografico   The Centre for Media and Journalism Studies (University of Groningen, The Netherlands) will be hosting the 4th International Conference on Literary & Film Tourism. This conference is organized in collaboration with the CETT  Barcelona School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy (University of Barcelona, Spain), the School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism (University of the Algarve, Portugal), and the University of Caxias do Sul (Brazil). We invite researchers, professionals, and students to submit their research on the following, but not exclusive, thematic lines: Heritage, identity and representation in literary and film tourism Governan...

The Arts in Place-Making We are delighted to announce the publication of our tourism textbook Sustainable Narratives & Technologies in Tourism . We want to thank Ouistreham’s artist-in-residence, Sophie Eugène, along with the Directrice of Education & Culture for the support they gave us during our fieldwork. For my chapter 7 on Knowledge Networks, Sophie devoted valuable time to explaining her residency and her art practices, especially for her painting, L’Estuaire.  On a second visit to Ouistreham, I was able to view the painting in the town hall in the old town centre called Le Bourg. Mark Stothard’s chapter 16 on slow tourism in our new book is also inspired by art practices in Ouistreham Riva-Bella and encourages visitors to stop over in the town and spend time exploring the culture of the place.  Teaching Resources Most of the chapters have a PowerPoint and slide script for lecturers to use in their own teaching. In fact, a complete module can be created from t...